The dead were photographed by a wildlife enthusiast who visited the beach

Lara added: "The beast killed quite a lot of creatures. We saved as many as we could but it was like the Armageddon."

She shared the pictures on her London Mudlark Facebook page, which has more than 30,000 followers.

The post drew comments from people describing similar scenes elsewhere.

Some described beaches elsewhere in Britain covered with dead razor clams and other creatures.

Chris Keyworth said: "It's a natural phenomenon which happens all around our coast every year without the storms, normally you get one or the other dying off in stages - one day it's crabs, the next it's sea stars, the next jellyfish."